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The Walrus Talks Energy (Toronto 2013)

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Building Community

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Ken Coates

“Energy is Canada’s lottery winning. We have to use it as a foundation for long-term prosperity and a focus for nation building.”

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Seven Ideas That Will Change Everything

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Tom Rand

“Trying to fight climate change without a price on carbon is like entering the ring with one arm tied behind your back.”

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Mobilizing for Change

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Kali Taylor

“History repeats itself. Until it doesn’t.”

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Financing Innovation

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Vicky Sharpe

“Although there are many different forms of private capital, essentially we are starving our start-ups in Canada”

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The Sustainable Idea

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Marianne McKenna

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Visualizing Energy

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by David Layzell

“If we can provide more of this renewable electricity, there would be a significant opportunity for increasing the role of electricity within our overall energy system.”

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Seven Things We Don’t Need to Do About Energy

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Andrew Coyne

“Prices typically give us all the information we need to use scarce resources wisely. The force us to economize and to share whether we want to or not.”

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The Walrus Talks Energy: Toronto

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by The Walrus Foundation

Full program featuring Ken Coates, Andrew Coyne, Andrew Heintzman, David Layzell, Marianne McKenna, Tom Rand, Vicki Sharpe, Kali Taylor, and more

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Getting Closer to the Sun

April 4, 2013October 16, 2019 - by Andrew Heintzman

“We can live off ancient sunlight of fossil fuels and deplete a vast inheritance or we can live off current sunlight and live sustainably within a current energy income.”

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